Brian S. King
@briansking19.bsky.social
Chair of Utah Democratic Party, attorney, former legislator, 2024 candidate for governor, working to build a party, and an Utah, that works for everyone.
This should surprise no one. Rampant corruption at the highest level is a core part of today’s MAGA Republican party. And the fish rots from the head down.
🚨 BREAKING: Republicans slipped into the CR, at the last minute, a corrupt January 6th kickback to funnel millions of your taxpayer dollars directly into the bank accounts of 8 GOP Senators. Thanks to Trump, the shameless grift gets worse & worse.
Shutdown deal lets senators sue for $500,000 over data seizures like those in Jan. 6 probe
A provision of shutdown deal authorizes senators to bring lawsuits if federal law enforcement seizes or subpoenas their data without notifying them, with potential damages of $500,000.
www.cbsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This should surprise no one. Rampant corruption at the highest level is a core part of today’s MAGA Republican party. And the fish rots from the head down.
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Utah has a new congressional map! It's clear that the GOP is terrified of voters actually getting a voice in who represents them in Congress. That's because they know that their record is simply indefensible. With this new map, Utahns will hold them accountable next November.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Utah has a new congressional map! It's clear that the GOP is terrified of voters actually getting a voice in who represents them in Congress. That's because they know that their record is simply indefensible. With this new map, Utahns will hold them accountable next November.
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This Veterans Day, we honor those who have sacrificed to serve our country and protect our freedoms. We have a sacred duty to care for our veterans and to continue fighting for the liberties they sacrificed to preserve.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This Veterans Day, we honor those who have sacrificed to serve our country and protect our freedoms. We have a sacred duty to care for our veterans and to continue fighting for the liberties they sacrificed to preserve.
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Statement from Chair Brian King on last night's Senate vote:
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Statement from Chair Brian King on last night's Senate vote:
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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The Washington Post on Abigail Spanberger: "No woman has led Virginia since its colonial government was formed 406 years ago."
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Washington Post on Abigail Spanberger: "No woman has led Virginia since its colonial government was formed 406 years ago."
His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it. -Lois McMaster Bujold
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it. -Lois McMaster Bujold
Remarkable. The cruelty really is the point for this regime. And not just for Trump. For his enablers and supporters as well.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remarkable. The cruelty really is the point for this regime. And not just for Trump. For his enablers and supporters as well.
I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you’re constantly focused on scoring hits against one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind. -Jacinda Ardern
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you’re constantly focused on scoring hits against one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind. -Jacinda Ardern
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Because of the Republican shutdown, Utah families will stop receiving SNAP benefits on November 1st. This will literally take food off the tables of almost 90,000 Utah families, all because Trump and congressional Republicans won’t come to the table to negotiate.
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Because of the Republican shutdown, Utah families will stop receiving SNAP benefits on November 1st. This will literally take food off the tables of almost 90,000 Utah families, all because Trump and congressional Republicans won’t come to the table to negotiate.
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The Utah GOP have officially given up on their pathetic last-ditch effort to create chaos and repeal Proposition 4 through an indirect initiative. Read Chair Brian King’s full statement.
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Utah GOP have officially given up on their pathetic last-ditch effort to create chaos and repeal Proposition 4 through an indirect initiative. Read Chair Brian King’s full statement.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: "It's important that in this time of political violence that none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials."
October 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "It's important that in this time of political violence that none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials."
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Donald lies.
US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies | Common Dreams
New research from Goldman Sachs reveals US consumers bear 55% of Trump's trade war costs, despite claims tariffs are paid by foreigners.
www.commondreams.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Donald lies.
Gotta call out blasphemy when it’s so blatant.
He's "saving God" y'all.
This was once called blasphemy in the church I was raised in.
This was once called blasphemy in the church I was raised in.
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Gotta call out blasphemy when it’s so blatant.
Thanks to our Salt Lake City airport and decision makers from Salt Lake City who refuse to run Kristi Noem's deceitful, divisive, and illegal video at the airport: bit.ly/42DCjDZ. I'm grateful, @slcmayor.bsky.social, for you standing up to our authoritarian government.
Some airports are refusing to play a Homeland Security video blaming Dems for the shutdown. Here’s what SLC decided.
Airports across the country are grappling with whether to play a video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, who is shown blaming congressional Democrats for the shutdown of the federa...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thanks to our Salt Lake City airport and decision makers from Salt Lake City who refuse to run Kristi Noem's deceitful, divisive, and illegal video at the airport: bit.ly/42DCjDZ. I'm grateful, @slcmayor.bsky.social, for you standing up to our authoritarian government.
Well thank goodness a Republican governor has the courage to speak the obvious truth: it’s wrong for the President to send national guard troops to a state to retaliate against his political opponents. If only other GOP Guvs had similar backbone.
Republican Governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt condemns the deployment of Texas's National Guard to Illinois.
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” Stitt told The New York Times in an interview.
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” Stitt told The New York Times in an interview.
GOP Oklahoma governor criticizes Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois
Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, broke with his party in an interview with The New York Times.
www.politico.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Well thank goodness a Republican governor has the courage to speak the obvious truth: it’s wrong for the President to send national guard troops to a state to retaliate against his political opponents. If only other GOP Guvs had similar backbone.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu
October 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu
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We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
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New @kff.org poll on whether U.S. adults support or oppose extending the Obamacare subsidies scheduled to expire at the end of 2025
Overall: 78% say extend, 22% say expire
Overall: 78% say extend, 22% say expire
October 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New @kff.org poll on whether U.S. adults support or oppose extending the Obamacare subsidies scheduled to expire at the end of 2025
Overall: 78% say extend, 22% say expire
Overall: 78% say extend, 22% say expire
This is what we need to do: stand up to and defy the mob boss, not roll over.
Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.
“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”
“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is what we need to do: stand up to and defy the mob boss, not roll over.
Domestic abusers use a very similar line.
Leavitt: "Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position. And if they don't want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It's very simple."
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Domestic abusers use a very similar line.
Appreciate your honesty, @utahgop.bsky.social, surprising as it
is, about putting in writing that Republicans are begging for the most rigged and the least competitive map. Embarrassing.
is, about putting in writing that Republicans are begging for the most rigged and the least competitive map. Embarrassing.
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Appreciate your honesty, @utahgop.bsky.social, surprising as it
is, about putting in writing that Republicans are begging for the most rigged and the least competitive map. Embarrassing.
is, about putting in writing that Republicans are begging for the most rigged and the least competitive map. Embarrassing.
Thanks to my friend Randall Howes for his insightful letter in the
Tribune on redistricting: bit.ly/46JOsYW. Please make your voices known with our legislators about your redistricting map preferences.
Tribune on redistricting: bit.ly/46JOsYW. Please make your voices known with our legislators about your redistricting map preferences.
Letter: It is nonsense to say that a Utah redistricting map is fair because it is not quite as unfair as another unfair map
Letter: Utah GOP lawmakers are playing us for fools. They haven’t learned a thing from the court rulings against them.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks to my friend Randall Howes for his insightful letter in the
Tribune on redistricting: bit.ly/46JOsYW. Please make your voices known with our legislators about your redistricting map preferences.
Tribune on redistricting: bit.ly/46JOsYW. Please make your voices known with our legislators about your redistricting map preferences.
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Jen and I are keeping Grand Blanc in our hearts today. Churches must always be places of safety and strength — an attack harming one community of faith is an attack on us all. California stands with Michigan and the Latter-day Saints community.
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Jen and I are keeping Grand Blanc in our hearts today. Churches must always be places of safety and strength — an attack harming one community of faith is an attack on us all. California stands with Michigan and the Latter-day Saints community.